Child care: Missing in Maryland?
FROM THE LOCAL NEWS NETWORK"Child care: Missing in Maryland?" is the Local News Network's comprehensive look at the child care shortages that have developed in most parts of the state since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Included will be an overview of the shortages, a look at the difficulty parents have in assessing the quality of child care facilities, an assessment of what the shortage means for the state's plans to expand pre-K, and a look at innovative child care solutions outside of Maryland. The project also includes a close look at what's happening with child care in each of the state's 23 counties as well as the city of Baltimore. About this project.
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On child care, a fitful search for local solutions to a national problem
America’s child care shortage extends far beyond Maryland, the overall condition of child care in the U.S. being described as a “dumpster fire”.
Maryland’s pre-K expansion plan proves to be unpopular with child care providers
As Maryland expands its pre-K program, the state is counting on private child care to take part, despite reluctance from providers.
Finding child care in Maryland is hard. Finding the right child care is even harder.
Interviews with several Maryland families showed that while finding child care is hard, finding a facility that fits a family’s needs and budget is even harder.
Child care is scarce in Maryland and the nation — and the pandemic made matters worse
In many parts of Maryland, child care has gone missing, made worse by the pandemic. Take a look at these county-by-county child care trends.